Wheeled toy vehicle



Oct. 2, 1928. y 1,686,427

L P. T. WALLGREN WHEELED TOY VEHICLE Filed oct.24,'1927 2 sheets-sheet 1 INVENTOR J7 ZZW hen @sy au? ,i ATTORNEY Oct. 2, 1928. 1,686,427

P. T. WALLGREN WHEELED TOY VEHICLE Filed oct. 24, 1927 2 sheets-sheet 2 Y BY Patented Oct. 2, 1928.

UNITED STATES PAUL THECDCRE wALLGRE-N, on CHICAGO, rumors.

WHEELED TOY VEHICLE.

Applcaton'led October 24, 1927. Serial No.228,465.

This invention relates to coaster toys ofthe so-called scooter type, and has for its object the provision of a wheel coaster toy of the scooter type of increased capacity, simple and sturdy construction, and a substantially increased factor of safety and utility.

A feature of the invention consists in they in a structurally advantageous form of steering handle and. mount providing means for adjustment of the propelling'steering pos1- tion to children of different sizes.

Other objects and features are discussed in the followingr detailed specification when' read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings forming part thereof, and in which Figure 1 is a. perspective view of the Wheeled toy with the handle in propelling steering position,

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view through the center of the forked steering post and handle, showingits pivotal mounting and swinging adjustment,

Figure 3 is a top plan view of the wheeled toy shown in Figure 1 with parts of the steering post and its pivotally-connected platform hanger in section,

Figure 4 is a vertical section centrally of the vehicle as sho-wn in Figure 3,

Figure 5 is a vertical section on an enlarged scale taken on. the line l5e5 of lFigure 4,

Figure 6 is a view illustrating the use of the wheeled toy with its handle inv propelling steering position,

Figure 7 is a similar view showing the handle moved downwardly to coasting steering position, and

Figure 8 is a similar view showingthe handle extending forwardly to hauling position.

Referring to the drawings by numerals, 1 designates a longitudinally extending platform mounting having at its forward end a box body 2 appropriately secured thereto,

leaving rearwardly thereof a standing platform 3, upon which the feet of the user rest when propelling or coasting. At the rear end of the platform, a pair of spaced stabilizing wheels 5 are appropriately mounted at opposite sides, as by means of the aXle 4 riveted or otherwise rigidly connected. to the under side of the platform, and upon the opposite ends of which the wheels 5 are journaled.

The forward end of the platform 1 is itself supported by a hanger having lower spaced .arms 6 of metal embracing and rigidly secured to opposite sides of the forward end of the platform, and having converging arms 7 uprising therefrom and embracing therebe tween at their upper endsS the joined plates 9 of a tubular housing 10 for the pivot or king bolt 11.

A front steering wheel 12 is disposed eentrally Aforwardly of the platform 1, and is journaled between the lower forked ends 13 of a steering post or frame, the upper end of which is closed by the cross bar 14. Between thev wheel 12 and the cross bar 14, stands a bracket plate 15, having rearwardly extending, vertically alined ears 16 and being secured between the forked sidesof the steering postor frame, as by means of forwardly offset pairs of ears 17 riveted to the spaced bars 13. The alined ears 16 are spaced apart the proper distance to embrace the tubular housing 1G, and permit the bolt 11 to extend therethrough and be .appropriately held miy therein as by a cot-ter pin, or othersuitable means. I

The steering post is turned about the aXis forked steering handle 18, the spaced bars of which converge to their outer ends and are appropriately secured to the steering bar .19 of the handle. At their lower ends, the forks of the handle 18 embrace the upper portion of the forked bars 13 above the wheel, and are pivotally connected to said bars, as at 20, this pivot point being located below the point of the pivotal interconnection between the steering post andthe platform supporting hanger. The cross bar 14 joins the upper ends .of the forks 13 of the. .steering post, and has secured thereto a rearwardly curving detent plate 21 having a plurality of locking apertures 22' therein. Cooperating with this de-` tent plate is"a plunger 23 extending through i,

vfaces of the. forked sides of the handle 18 90 formed by the bolt or king'pin 11 through a 'above the detent plate. A coiled-'spring is mounted on the plunger between' the upper end of the bracket 24 and a collar 25 on the plunger, and normally tends to project its lower end downwardly into engagement with the detent plate. The upper end of the plunger is offset, as at 26, to form a lifting linger by means'of which the plunger may be lifted from engagement Wit-h the detent plate. The plurality of apertures 22 are intended to position the steering handle 18 at difertent and moved rearwardly and 'downwardly also the utilitarian feature of a small wagon to what may be termed a coasting position, as shown in Figure 7, or when practical use is to be made of the box body 2 for hauling ice, groceries, etc., the handle may be freed from the detent plate, and swung' forwardly to a forwardly extended hauling position, as suggested b Figure 8 of the drawings. When mov from either the rearward coasting position or the forward hauling position toward the intermediate propelling steering position, the lower end of the plunger 23 will enga-ge the curved edge of the detent plate and ride upwardly thereover to interlock.

with the desired opening 22 in the detent plate. Selection of the opening is, of course, controlled by the manual lifting of' the finger piece 26 until the plunger reaches the opening 22 handle.

From the foregoing it will be evident that I have provided a wheeled toy of the socalled scooter type, which, in addition to the advantage of a toyof this type, provides giving the desired adjustment of the or conveyance, the 'steering means being so constructed as to provide for either hauling from a forward position as a conveyance, or steering from a rearwardly inclined position as a scooter.- The box body 2 may be utilized for carrying various articles, or may Iforml a seatfor a small passenger.- The hanger supporting the forward end of the platform from the front wheel steering post is of lat metal and adequate to stand the strains of rough usage. The arms 6 of this hanger preferably extend a substantial distance rearwardly from the front end of the platform,

so that support is adequately distributed. It will be further noted that the steering post and pivot pin 1l are tilted rearwardly, thus providing ease of steering.

The' construction described and disclosed herein'represents, it istrue, 'apreferred embodiment of the invention, but it is intended that it be illustrativerather than restrictive of the invention, since various structural" changes and adaptations may be V'made within thelspirit of the invention and the scope of the appended claim.

What IA claimtherefore, Vand desire to secure by Letters atent is:

In a wheeled to having a low hung longitudinally exten ing platform mounting, and a box body at the forward end thereof, the combination of a pair of stabilizing wheels at the rear end of the platform,a

`hanger for the front end of the platform, a

front wheel having a forked mount pivotally connected toy the hanger and constituting a steering post, said forked mount including a pair of spaced bars, and an arcuately shaped plate secured to the upper end of said bars, the plate being provided with'perforations and extending rearwardly and over the pivotal mounting, a handle consisting of a pair of spaced bars pivotally connected to the bars of the forked mount, at a point below the pivotal connection between the hanger and the forked mount, a spring pressed pin adapted to engage a perforation for locking the handle in a. predetermined position.

' RAUL THEODORE WALLGREN. 

